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P.'S.MO0RE. MINERS GANDLESTICK.

Patented Mar. 15, 1898.v

'IIIIIIIZZZIL @Hiommd STATES PATENT OFFICE,

FRANK s. MOORE, OF PARK CITY, UTAH, ASSIGNOR 'ro FRANK E. WILLIAMS,

on SAME PLACE.

MINERS CANDLESTICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,591, dated March15, 1898. Application filedMarch 27, 1897. Serial No. 629,601. (Nomodel.)

T0 or whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK S. MOORE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Park City, in the county of Summit, State of Utah, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Miners Oandlesticks,ofwhich the following is a description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to an improvement in miners candlesticks; and theobject of the invention is to provide a device the parts of which canreadily be taken apart or removed and which is adapted to be appliedeither to the wall of the mine by being forced into the same or adaptedto be hung on a ledge, or, if desired, may be clamped to thedrilling-machine. I-Ieretofore it has been proposed to make thesecandlesticks in various ways,andespecially of a piece or pieces of Wirebent to proper shape and pointed at their opposite ends. The difficultywith this device is that by reason of its size and the sharp projectingpoints it is difficult to carry and cannot be stored in a very smallspace, whereas in my device it can be taken apart andcarried in thepocket or in a small box.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter described, andreferred to in the appended claims:

In the accompanying drawings,which illustrate the invention, Figure l isa top plan view, partly in section, of a miners candlestick constructedin accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is adetail View of one of the supporting-hooks and the clamping device forsecuring the candlestick to a mining-machine, and Fig. 4 representsdetails of some of the parts of the candlestick.

In the drawings, A represents the handle of the candlestick, which ispreferably of the form shown and is cast in one piece with aforwardly-projecting lug a, having a socket, within which is placed theshank of a pointed rod, the point of which is adapted to be stuck intosome object for giving support to the candlestick. This pointed rod,which I have marked 11, has near its inner end a notchm and is heldwithin the projection a by means of a set-screw b, which passes throughthe wall of the projection a into the notch 'm. Uponeither side of thebase or handle and before the said handle or base narrows to form thelug a are formed lugs 0, having openings through them, in which aresecured, by set-screws L, the pointed hooks F, which are adapted to besecured to the hat of the workman or to be hung from a projecting ledgeor timber, &c.

WVhen it is desired to attach the candlestick to a mining-machine, suchas of the Burleigh or Ingersoll-Sergeant type, I provide a clampingdevice which I have marked C, comprising two members, one,a fixed memberd, being secured by-a set-screw L to the shank of the hook F, while theother member e is pivoted to the fixed member d,and the parts areattachably secured together when passed around the object to which theyare to be attached by means of the bolt K.

To properly support the candle, the handle or base A is thickened at oneportion and is provided with a suitable socket f, the walls of whichreceive and hold, keeping from horizontal displacement, the candle I. Toform the bottom wall of this socket, I provide upon the handle or base asliding plate E, enlarged at its outer end sufficiently to cover thebottom of the socket f and having a narrow rearwardly extending shanksliding in a groove in the support G, secured to the handle or base A.Upon the shank of this sliding piece E is a hook J, to which is attachedone end of a spiral spring g, fixed at its opposite end to the lug h onthe fixed part of the frame, this spring keeping the slide E normallypressed forward, so that the wide part of said slide will lie across thebottom of the socket f and act as a support for the lower end of thecandle. If it is desired to let the lower end of the candle projectbelow the plane of the base or handle, the slide can be retracted andthe candle put in position, and when the slide is released its forwardpoint i will pass into the candle and prevent it from dropping out.

D represents a downwardly-proj ectin g handle or finger-piece on theslide E, by which it may be retracted, and N is a downwardlyprojectinglug provided with a socket to receive the point i of the said slide Ewhen the latter is in its extended position.

It will be seen that all the projecting parts such as the clamp, thepointed rod I-I,and the hook Fmay be detached from the body of thecandlestick and that the entire device may be packed in a small compass.

Various minor modifications and changes in the device may be madewithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. A miners candlestick, comprisingahandle havinga socket to receive thecandle, vertically-apertured lugs at opposite sides of the socket, andalongitudinally apertured or bored lug in front of the socket,andset-screws intersecting the bores or apertures of said three lugs, oneor more vertically-disposed hooks the shanks of which are clamped insaid vertical apertures, and a longitudinally-extending pointed rod, theshank of which is clamped in said longitudinal bore or socket,substantially as described.

2. Aminers candlestick, comprisinga handle or base having acandle-socket, a suspension or attaching hook or rod, and a clamp havinga fixed member provided with a horizontally-disposed jaw at its outerend, a vertical aperture at its inner end to receive the shank of saidhook or rod, a set-screw to secure the clamp to said shank, and anadjustable member having a jaw mating with that of the fixed member,substantially as described.

3. A miners candlestick having a suitable base or handle and a slidingplate having a pointed end adapted to engage the candle to be supportedand a seat within which said pointed end may be received, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK S. MOORE.

Witnesses:

MARY RANDS, BEN AMIN W. JEMENs.

